Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Picture book round up

Today is a Me Day by Ev Starkey

Bear Is Never Alone by Marc Veerkamp

Stillwater and Koo Save the World by Jon J. Muth

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Picture book round up part… I’ve lost count. I will add three books that are not my OMG Best Books ever but were an interesting experience to read. Today is a Me Day is a story that is exactly what it sounds like it would be. The world has things it wants to do, and wants the young narrator to do, but she has decided she needs a day off. She is going to be happy and choose what she wants to do. She will […]

And she lived stinky ever after

Ra Pu Zel and the Stinky Tofu by Yin Chang Compestine

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I enjoy a good folk tale, and non-western ones can be a favorite. However, when it is a retelling of a western one just to be politically correct, then I can be 50-50 with it. Now if it is based in the culture (such as there are Cinderella stories from around the world, not just redoing the western version), then that I usually will enjoy. But if it is done just to have diverse characters and/or setting, but everything else is the same, those are […]

Unimaginative but fine

Smashed by Adam Walton, Brett Walton

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I had never heard of Adam and Brett Walton before I downloaded Smashed: 60 Epic Smash Burgers and Sandwiches for Dinner, for Lunch, and Even for Breakfast – for Your Outdoor Griddle, Grill, or Skillet. They have an outdoor grilling YouTube channel called the Waltwins. I’ve watched a few of their most popular videos and they are fine. They are fine and so is their cookbook. The bulk of the cookbook is beef burgers and I’m going to tell you a secret – anything you […]

Be Yourself, they will come

Just Being Ted by Lisa Sheehan

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It was “read this picture book today” day. And that book was Just Being Ted by Lisa Sheehan. The story is simple enough, with a large dragon, who goes by the name of Ted, being our main man, er dragon. They love their home, and all the wonderful things they can do in it. But they would also like to make some friends. However, even when they bring gifts, or even cake, everyone hollers, “Eek! Dragon! Run Away!” (Or some variation of that) and runs […]

Sometimes the Basics Have Promise

The No Meat Athlete Cookbook by Matt Frazier, Stepfanie Romine

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Happy end of semester impulse buy to me (university English teacher here). I have to admit I wasn’t expecting much from The No Meat Athlete Cookbook, since my scan in the bookstore revealed a pretty generic set of recipes, but I went ahead and bought it because it included a sweet red bean recipe and I’ve been wanting something like that (could I have gone internet digging, sure, but that’s a bother), as well as some actually palatable looking diy sports drink options. Most of […]

Nessie, Cannabis, and Maple Syrup time with Bernie Sanders

Feel The Bern by Andrew Shaffer

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Feel the Bern is basically mindless entertainment which is too bad in a way since it has a lot of potential. Once Joe Biden actually ran for and won the Presidency, I’m guessing the author didn’t see it practical to continue to Obama-Biden murder mysteries, so Bernie Sanders must have been the back up or the next best option. The murder mystery takes place when a not super popular community member is found dead, seemingly having drowned in a vat of the town’s main export, […]



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